Latest articles by Bass Player Staff
Billy Sherwood on his best (and worst) bass albums
The Yes bassist and prog legend takes a critical view of his discography and shares some tone tips and memories along the way
Davie504: "Slap bass is still the best for making videos on YouTube, because it's very easy to hear, on any kind of speaker"
The internet's biggest low-end sensation on his remarkable bass journey so far – and what that '504' really means…
Tony Hall's best (and worst) bass albums
The funk-fusion legend reviews his stellar discography
Blackberry Smoke's Richard Turner: “I love loopers, delays, envelope filters, but I’ve never taken them on tour. I don’t want to dilute anything when I play live“
The southern-rockers' low end architect talks influences, falling in love with the bass and digging deep into Carol Kaye's bass guitar wisdom
Avishai Cohen: “The bass is my closest musical partner. I’ve explored and developed my own way of playing and performing with it over the years”
With his new album, Two Roses, the Israeli upright bassist achieves a career high. We meet the master...
The Who bassist Jon Button talks stepping into the shoes of John Entwistle and Pino Palladino
The touring bass player for the British rock legends – not to mention Sheryl Crow and Shakira – on the evolution of his playing and his onstage rig
Everything Everything's Jeremy Pritchard: "I really enjoy the limitations of the bass. It’s forced me to be creative with the basic building blocks of music"
Pritchard talks pedalboards, bass heroes and why he's happy to look "a bit silly" with a short-scale Fender Mustang
Fernando Saunders on Lou Reed, playing the White House and hitting Harlem jazz clubs with the Czech political elite
Ahead of the release of his upcoming album We Are People, the prolific bass session legend and solo artist shares a slew of stories from his remarkable career
Adeline: “For me, bass is about finding a good groove that people may not even notice – a good groove that I want to keep playing forever“
The bassist and producer discusses the low notes behind her phenomenal creativity
Issy Ferris: “Playing bass gives me a power and character on stage that I hadn’t experienced before, and has made me a better performer and writer“
Ferris & Sylvester kick out a full-band sound with just two members. Here, bassist Ferris explains how she does it
John Goldsby: “It’s expected nowadays that you know how to play Brazilian music, or funk, or hip-hop, or metal. A lot of younger bass players can do it all“
Goldsby is back with three EPs from his eponymous trio, a much-needed perspective on the future of bass, and a definitive answer to the question, ‘Is jazz dead?’
Shez Raja: “The harmony in Indian music is super-simple – where it gets mind-bogglingly, face-meltingly interesting is the rhythm and the melody“
The mighty Indojazzfunk bassist returns with his most ambitious album yet, Tales From the Punjab. We meet the maestro...
Hatebreed‘s Chris Beattie: ”No matter what you do in life, but especially as a bass player, you’ve got to keep learning”
Beattie checks in to talk about his journey on bass, the melodicism underpinning Hatebreed's pit-starting sound, and explains why he's loving the bass after some time off
Trapped in Purgatory's Jon Hoare: “I don’t go for expensive gear. If I can make it from the car to the rehearsal room in one trip, then it’s mission accomplished”
The bassist talks gear, influences, high school bands and Trapped in Purgatory's thrashy debut album, Damned Nation
Lee Rocker: ”Elvis was like Batman or Superman when I was a little kid – even before I was aware of his music. It’s so raw”
The Stray Cats’ rockabilly legend talks writing an album on an Airstream trailer, the energy of the old stuff and why there are still plenty of note choices to discover after all these years
Alter Bridge‘s Brian Marshall: “Bass is a different skill set and a different mindset. I think we’re just born that way“
Marshall checks in to share some advice for bass players and reminds us that “we're unicorns“
Session great Yolanda Charles on her best (and worst) bass albums
Charles reflects on playing with BB King, Paul Weller, Squeeze and P-Funk legend Bernie Worrell
Starr Cullars: "Prince used to come out to P-Funk shows – he was tripping that I was playing with them"
The former Parliament-Funkadelic bassist and solo artist recalls her early career, and a legendary encounter with Prince
Brian Bromberg: “Hendrix's presence as an artist was overwhelming, and that’s what makes his music so special“
The legendary jazz bassist discusses the challenge of adapting Jimi Hendrix for bass, and recalls his greatest collaborations
Anthrax's Frank Bello announces autobiography
Fathers, Brothers, and Sons: Surviving Anguish, Abandonment, and Anthrax features a foreword by Kiss's Gene Simmons
Armored Saint's Joey Vera: ”I heard Kiss’s Alive! and that was about it for me. I just wanted to play an instrument”
The Californian metal stalwarts' bassist talks influences, playing styles, and how rescuing a P-Bass from under John Bush's bed got him started
Eva Kess: "The sound of bass comes from the left hand. The right hand is important as well, but it’s how you press the strings that forms the tone"
Upright bassist Kess brings a wide range of influences into her music. We hear how a chance meeting launched her bass journey
Epiphone Embassy review
Another retro bass comes into our sights – but does this affordable model offer more than a chic peek in the rear-view mirror?
